{"product_id":"book-i2ev","title":"The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien","description":"\u003cb\u003eWith “soaring, matchless prose,” a Pulitzer Prize winner pens a New York Times bestselling saga of the Montez O’Briens, a rambunctious family of Irish Cuban immigrants comprised of fourteen daughters—and one doggedly masculine son (Publishers Weekly). \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Irish American Nelson O’Brien fell passionately in love with the poetess Mariela Montez while photographing the ravages of battle in Mariela's native Cuba during the Spanish-American War. After marrying, they moved to the United States to start a new life, settling in a small Pennsylvania town where Nelson took over the Jewel Box Movie Theater. Together, they had a remarkable fifteen children: fourteen daughters and one lone son.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In Oscar Hijuelos’s \u003ci\u003eThe Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien, \u003c\/i\u003ethe lives, loves, and tragedies of this sprawling Irish Cuban family unfold. Over the course of a century, each member moves in and out of each other’s lives, traversing Cuba, New York, California, Alaska, and Ireland, while Margarita—the Montez O’Brien’s eldest daughter—ruminates on the nature of femininity, sex, love, and earthly happiness. And as Margarita learns and grows in an overwhelmingly female environment, she can’t help but contrast her experiences with those of Emilio, her intensely masculine brother, whose B-movie career in the 1950s has left him adrift and frustrated, with little hope of success.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Lush and gorgeously written, \u003ci\u003eThe Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterwork by one of America's greatest writers. Reckoning with cultural assimilation and complex family dynamics, the novel elicits tears and laughter while tenderly revealing the bounteous heart and exhilarating adventures of a warm, passionate family.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIncludes a Reading Group Guide.\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49348466245936,"sku":"BDi2ev","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/595584-i2ev-Square.jpg?v=1734224525","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-i2ev","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}